A body-on-frame off-roader proposed to Mercedes-Benz by the Shah of Iran, built from 1979 as a military and government vehicle, and sold alongside its own luxury reinvention for most of this century.[1] Wikipedia’s own article treats the whole run under three chassis codes (W460, W461 and W463) with W461 remaining in military and utility production essentially unchanged while W463 became progressively more luxurious around it. Markey covers the two W463 generations: the original 1990–2018 car that first put a G-Class next to an S-Class in the showroom, and the ground-up 2018 redesign that kept the same boxy silhouette and the same chassis code despite almost nothing underneath carrying over.
Nameplate
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz G-Class, 1979-present
- Produced
- 1979–present
- Generations
- 2
Generations
Each generation is its own entry, with its own specifications and sources.
Sources & confidence
Every figure above carries a status. Nothing on this page is estimated without saying so, and nothing missing has been filled in with a guess.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-03
- Review status
- Compiled from cited sources
References
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- [1]
Mercedes-Benz G-Class. Wikipedia · revision 1371878970 · read 2026-09-03
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A single article covers the whole nameplate rather than one per generation, with per-generation infoboxes and a shared 'Technical data' engine table embedded as sections. Cited here with section anchors (#W463,_first_generation..., #W463,_second_generation..., #Technical_data, #G_63) to identify which part of the article a given figure comes from.